Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate
Addition of small amounts of glycerol to milk chocolate during the tempering stage can yield a product which exhibits enhanced mechanical strength and retards motion of the continuous phase (cocoa butter, a mixture of fats) of this dense granular suspension above the fat melting point. The mechanism...
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| description | Addition of small amounts of glycerol to milk chocolate during the tempering stage can yield a product which exhibits enhanced mechanical strength and retards motion of the continuous phase (cocoa butter, a mixture of fats) of this dense granular suspension above the fat melting point. The mechanisms responsible for this ‘heat stability’ were probed by an extensive series of experimental investigations. Addition of glycerol did not alter the fat polymorph or melting behaviour. The increase in bulk yield strength, quantified by indentation, was found to be proportional to the square of the volume fraction of glycerol. A quantitative explanation of this behaviour was not identified. The glycerol is not soluble in the fat phase so the possibility of a cage network arising from a capillary suspension mechanism was pursued. The evidence did not support a ‘normal’ capillary suspension model, and suggested that absorption of glycerol into the lecithin layer coating the particulate phase either resulted in a viscous ‘glue’ which retards contact motion or rearrangement, or displaces lecithin to allow the formation of sugar-glycerol bridges. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61da40f5a9ff48d2bc0ef34c477e5df92025-08-20T02:06:27ZengElsevierCurrent Research in Food Science2665-92712025-01-011010108710.1016/j.crfs.2025.101087Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolateJennifer A. Holian0Malcolm D. Bolton1D. Ian Wilson2Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UKDepartment of Engineering, Schofield Centre, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0EF, UKDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge, CB3 0AS, UK; Corresponding author.Addition of small amounts of glycerol to milk chocolate during the tempering stage can yield a product which exhibits enhanced mechanical strength and retards motion of the continuous phase (cocoa butter, a mixture of fats) of this dense granular suspension above the fat melting point. The mechanisms responsible for this ‘heat stability’ were probed by an extensive series of experimental investigations. Addition of glycerol did not alter the fat polymorph or melting behaviour. The increase in bulk yield strength, quantified by indentation, was found to be proportional to the square of the volume fraction of glycerol. A quantitative explanation of this behaviour was not identified. The glycerol is not soluble in the fat phase so the possibility of a cage network arising from a capillary suspension mechanism was pursued. The evidence did not support a ‘normal’ capillary suspension model, and suggested that absorption of glycerol into the lecithin layer coating the particulate phase either resulted in a viscous ‘glue’ which retards contact motion or rearrangement, or displaces lecithin to allow the formation of sugar-glycerol bridges.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927125001182Capillary suspensionsGlycerolIndentationLiquid bridgesRheologyWetting |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer A. Holian Malcolm D. Bolton D. Ian Wilson Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate Current Research in Food Science Capillary suspensions Glycerol Indentation Liquid bridges Rheology Wetting |
| title | Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate |
| title_full | Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate |
| title_fullStr | Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate |
| title_short | Generating structure in soft solids: heat stable milk chocolate |
| title_sort | generating structure in soft solids heat stable milk chocolate |
| topic | Capillary suspensions Glycerol Indentation Liquid bridges Rheology Wetting |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665927125001182 |
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